NCAA Football 2005

With the addition of some innovative gameplay elements, EA's venerable franchise is still the big man on campus. Read Review

NCAA Football 2005, for the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube, is taking another huge step towards differentiating the game of college football from pro football thanks to the inclusion of the new Home Field Advantage feature and a slew of tweaks geared towards the presentation, players performance and other aspects that make the game of college football a whole different ballgame. The new version of NCAA Football also boasts enhancements and additions such as improved graphics and an all new user-controlled celebrations feature.

Bookies in Vegas might like the NFL, but (just as in basketball) the real spirit of football lives in the NCAA. Over the past couple of years, EA has been bringing the collegiate game home in NCAA Football, with a full roster of mascots, cheerleaders, rivalries, and dynasties. With little in the way of competition, EA generally has the pre-pro market cornered, but for 2005 it's not simply rehashing last year's release. Instead, the development team has sought to capture the elements that make college football a totally different beast from the pro game. Based on an early look at code for all three platforms, it seems to be doing its job well. Read More »

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Experience realistic stadium atmospheres where you can pump up the crowd to build up your home field advantage; track the crowds impact and see if your players have enough composure to withstand the pressure; build your teams stadium atmosphere to rank among the elite stadiums in the country; celebrate in style with team-specific fan celebrations; the enhanced dynasty mode allows you to monitor discipline levels and grades while recruiting the next superstar out of high school; choose from new custom playbooks, offensive schemes and defensive schemes, including the 4-2-5, 3-3-5 and the 3-3 stack; represent your favorite school online in the rivalry mode and talk trash with ea sports talk; for 1 to 2 players or up to 8 players with multitap.